by Kolapo Olapoju
Following the sack of the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba by President Jonathan, many questions have risen about why the decision was taken… and thus far this is what we have.
According to Vanguard newspapers, Abba’s crimes are mostly related to the recently-concluded general elections.
The Inspector General of Police, reportedly got into the bad books of the Presidency a day before the governorship and House of Assembly elections.
He allegedly argued with government officials over the instruction to recall the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in Charge of Zone 6, Tunde Ogunshakin, from Rivers State.
Following complaints by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, that the police had worked with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the PDP to intimidate APC members and rig the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state, Abba had deployed Ogunshakin from his base in Calabar to Port Harcourt to oversee the governorship election in Rivers State
The report stated that the former police boss reportedly ignored Presidency officials’ objection to the deployment of Ogunshakin to Rivers State.
After learning that the IG had defied its order by redeploying Ogunshakin to Rivers State to supervise the governorship elections, a Presidency official called the former police boss to recall the AIG with immediate effect from Rivers State or be punished for it.
However, the presidency could not get through to Abba, and this further infuriated the powers that be.
Although, the former IG would eventually recall Ogunshakin from Rivers State by 5 am on the election day, the Presidency never forgave him for doing so begrudgingly.
Secondly, the Presidency is reportedly slighted that Abba was present at the presentation of the Certificate of Return to Muhammadu Buhari at the International Conference Centre on April 1, 2015.
This reportedly served as validation to the Presidency that he was actually working for the opposition.
